Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 32, Hammond, Lake County, 28 July 1921 — Page 16

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THE TJMES Thursday, July 28. 192 1

EDS TO SEE LAKE COUNTY AT WORK AND PLAY fOontinuad f mm Ij.kk One)

Chapln levator to right. Also new LaSalle Stoel plant. nYT&R. liAST nilCACO Proceed alonjj 150th street. leavloK Hammond d1 ontering- th city ot Eat Chicago. Left turn, into 11agoun avtnue. Go in Magoun avenue to H5th street. Stop at Congregational church. Stop with right side to curb, facing north. Lunchron here at 1:30 o'clock. Lreave at 3:0I o'clock. LEAVING CAST CHICaGOi AGAIN fcTE2U"G iLOlMO.Vp " Go north in Magoun avenue to 144th ftreet. To right In 144th strt to Forsyth avenue. Go in Forsyth avenue to 145th street. To right, into 145th street. Go ahead to Lalce Georpre road. "We pass Edward VaJve and Manufacturing plant at right and thv V. aud O. Terminal shops on left. Turn to right in Calumet avenue lLake George road;. Follow this rottd. Call attention to Lake George road, buiit through Lake George. Land on either side is reserved for industrial sites. Looking to the right the rear of the Sinclair Oil refinery is to be seen. Call attention to ships. Standard OU refinery, to right in distance. On Bearing Robertsdale call attention to American Maize Products plant to left. This plant is sltuatd on Wolf lake. This body of water has shore line in Indiana and Illinois, and Is being opasldered a part of the proposed interstate harbor ("Illiana" harbor) plan. This lake, together with the frontage on Lake Michigan from Whiting to South Chicago is also a part of the proposed harbor. LEAVIXG CITV OF HAUaiO.VDi EXTE3USG WJUTING. Turn at Five Points to right. FoL low street car line to New York avenue on into Whiting (Whit, founoed ia the early '90s. is the home of the world's greatest oU refineries. The Standard Oil company (ltndana) normally employes i.250 persons at its Whiting relnery. Crude oil Is received from the southwest by pipe lines: part of your gasoline comes from here). Follow lead car to. ana through paj-k. to road between the oil refinery. LEAVING WHITl.'Gi ENTERING EAST CHICAGO Follow road to Mark subdivision. Ton are now entering the Indiana Harbor district of the city of East Chicago. Mark subdivision of, this city is a model community erected by the Steel and Tube Company of America to bouse part of it employes. Note the layout of the "sunlight" homes. To the left (north) is the Mark plant and coke ovens of the

Steel and Tube Company of America (2.400 employes normally. In 191S fish swam in Lake Michigan whre this steel works now stands. The plant is located on made land, obtained by rilling in Lake Michigan. Point out Indiana Harbor ship canal, part of the harbor facilities of the city of East Chicago. - " At garage at Mark townstte turn to right. Follow public road. Land in vicinity reserved for industrial pur posos. To left ia American Steel Foundries, (liOO employes normally). Call attention to fleet of oil and gasoline ships of Standard Oil companyThe port of Indiana Harbor of the city of East Chicago ,i America's greatest inland oil shipping harbor. Oceao-going vessels frequently leave this port for foreign shorts. Swing around road- I'ass Indian Box company at l-t. towards Sinclair Hefln-inL-MMr.oa.nv. To right Is that part

Vol Standard Oil refinery, located with

in Eait Chicago. Uo straight ahead. Turn to left, noweing in Forsyth avenue. Sinclair Kt fining company, now in operation, and blng axjqetf to. cirploya 1.000 persons. Cross the went branch of the Indian Harbor ship canal whicii lt-ds to Hammond). Consolidated Oil and Kenning company, another gasoline producer on the left. This is the largest producing group of oil refineries in America. New city park being improved, on right and left. Proceed in Forsyth avenue to Chicago avenue. Left turn in Chicago avenue. Go ahead to Tod avenuftRepublic Iron and Steel. Interstate Iron ajid Steel, and Hubbard plants to far left. Right turn in Tod avenue, to 143th street. Right turn in 149tn street. Go to Forsythe avenue. Left turn in Forsyth avenue. Go to 151st .iAt Ahead are the 'Uates Ex

panded Steel Truss and Champion, Rivet plants. Turn to left in 151t street. Along this street aro the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric International Load. Anaconda Lad Products. Lavtn and Son. Superheater. E. B. Unman, Metal and Thermit. V. S. S. Lead and Grasselli Chemical nlsnts. Few streets In Indiana have

such a diversified group of industries. J

Turn to lett in ts-tnneoy Go ahead (north) in Kennedy -ve. passing bank at Chicago avenue. Keep on ahead. Pass Green Engineering V- S- Reduction and L'nde Air plants. To right In distance a the General American Tank car and freight car shops (2,500 employes normally), the. world's largest tan'J car building company. N. V- Central yards ad O. F. Jordan railroad spreader plant or right. Turn to left on road running by American Steel Foundries. This Is the world's largest miscellaneous castling plant.' Cross ship canal . hips

to left. Turn to right' in fiist rca4- ! Go ahead. .' Tyn to rig nt in Pickfy Pla-if. Cross canal. Inland Steel works to left. Standard Forging, company, a'm to right. Tumi left In Michigan avenue. V. ahead to Callahan read- Turn to left to Watllng street. Inland Stel (.- 000. ' employ! ' normally, number ' plant on right. Down. WatHnji ftreet to Pennsylvania avenue. Oo n Pennsylvania 'avenue. Go ahead toward cement plant (Universal Portland e-m-int plant. 1800 employes, the w.-rd's largest c roent plant. Capacity 2.000,000 sacks annual!' , T'ilj; jlant is part of the U. 5. corporation) Drive turough ceraett plant . ! ' Return to 139th street. Call attention tn Inland Steel company's housing project on left. Go as far. as Cedar street. Turn to right in Odar street. Into 131th street. Left turn in 13tb street. Go ahead ' lo 138' ti street, turning left into Grape-vine boulevard. Go in the boulevard to loth street, passing Washington high school. Turn to right, Into 140th fctreet. Go in 140th street to Ivy st. Go ahead in JJstb street, turning into Micuigaa avenue. Ahead to Kennedy avenue'. '" Left turn in Kennedy avenue, passing O. F- Jordan. UarbtsonWalker Refractories. Green Engineering. Llnde Air' products, and V. SReduction plants. S'pw up at Bank building at Chicago avenue. Left turn Into Chicago avenue to Gary road. Call attention to General American Tank car. '.works on left. Site of 370 acres for Baldwin Locomotive works on the left. Left turn in Q&ry road. Call atten

tion to Grasselli . Chemical works .In

distance., on right. Keep' on' Gary

road to Cline avenue (cement road).

To right in Cline avenue. Pass

Cudahy Packing company (660 employes). (This is where "Old Dutch Cleanser" is made). Cross Grand Calumet river. This thoroughfare ts the boundary line between Gary and East Chicago. Gary being on the left

side of the road- Go ahead, to Fifth

avenue. Ton are bow ' entering the

city of Gary. WE THANK TOU!

Concerning Wood'Draama To dream you are In the woods igallies wealth.. To dream of a woodcutter denotes good lock. To dr " tn of a woodman, signifies ejaba. -menta. To dream of wooden abo.w signifies a nasty Journey. T dream of a wood snake denotes slander. Jo dream of wooden spools snows an avaricious end bard-hearted neighbor. Jo dream of a woodpile phows a nam In love with some lll-nattjred woman. To dream you are ,ln a woodyard denptes a happy cha'nge of fortune.

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TKe officers and direSors of tKe American TrusT: Sc Savings Bank; Hammonrd; Ind.; extends a cordial and moS Hearty welcome to the visiting Editors and their estimable wives? Officers and DirSors: A. J. Swanson, Pres. Daniel Brown, Vice Pres. H. O. Reissig, Secy, and Trcas. Carl Bauer Geo. B. Sheerer Emil Minos Anton H. Tapper ''

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Is a

ity We Are Proud to Live

ecause it's a Place

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WHERE

$800,000 will te spent this year on its own municipal owned water plant to obtain purer water. A system designed by John Ericson, Chicago's foremost engineer.

a new Masonjc Temple is Heaig built at a cost of $450,000.: 8

WHERE-

a new Elk's home is being built, costing more tKari $100,000. '

an Industrial High School was Kuilt two years ago, anH the growth of the city has beenso rapid we are today building an addition costing $500,000. The completed

structure representing an investment of $),(

WHE

tne Hammond Dairy Go. is erecting a new milk bottling and ice creajm plant to cost more than $100,000.

WHERE

the finest movie theatre in Indiana, costing $450,( was opened a few months ago.

WHERE

ILLIANA HARBOR, a project of international possibilities, will be built $50,000 has been appropriated by the states of Illinois and Indiana for a preliminary survey of this great wort .Three quarters of the land lies within our city.

WHER

during 1920 eleven new industries purcKaseH 156 acres

of land for their future homes.

The People of Hammond

ave Faith isn MammoEd

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